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Some chapters are derived from papers presented at the Détroits/Straits International Colloquium, held November 24–26, 2021. This colloquium was supported by the French Ministry of the Sea, Campus de la mer (Federative Research Structure dedicated to the sea and the coastline in the Hauts-de-France region – https://sfr-campusdelamer.univ-littoral.fr/home/), isml (Institut des Sciences de la Mer et du Littoral – Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences – https://isml.univ-littoral.fr/en/about-us/) and the City of Boulogne sur mer.
The authors acknowledge the anr-france (French National Research Agency) for its financial support of the “Défis Contemporains des Détroits”1 (DéCoDé), project n° anr-23-ce53-0005.
This book is the result of a research project carried out at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale by the tves (Territoires, Villes, Environnement & Société) and larj (Laboratoire de Recherche Juridique) research teams.
This book has been supported by the European center for humanities and social sciences (meshs-Lille, France – https://www.meshs.fr) and the Campus de la mer (https://sfr-campusdelamer.univ-littoral.fr/home/).
